1. Irom Maipak was an Indian cinematographer from Imphal, Manipur.
17 Facts About Irom Maipak
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Irom Maipak was the founding president of the All Manipur Cinematographers Association.
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Irom Maipak received the prestigious National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography at the 49th National Film Awards.
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Irom Maipak died from COVID-19 complications on 20 May 2021.
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Irom Maipak mastered the craft from Fulbright scholar, Ernest Gusella and Tomiyo Sasaki from United States and Aribam Syam Sharma.
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Irom Maipak had associated with renowned National Award winning filmmakers.
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Irom Maipak had shot a short documentary titled Mother's Market: The Indian bazaar run entirely by women for BBC in 2015.
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Leipaklei and Eigi Kona were movies filmed by Irom Maipak, which went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri at the 60th National Film Awards and 67th National Film Awards respectively.
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Irom Maipak had collaborated with the Assamese filmmaker Utpal Borpujari in the 2016 movie Memories of a Forgotten War.
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Irom Maipak documented the five forms of the Manipuri Raas Leela dance, namely Basanta Raas, Maha Raas, Kunja Raas, Diba Raas and Nitya Raas.
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Irom Maipak had worked as a cameraman in Asian News International for three years.
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Irom Maipak was the director of photography for the Assamese movie Lefafa directed by Moirangthem Maniram Singha.
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Irom Maipak bagged the Best Videographer Award in the All Manipur Video Film Festival, 1993 for the feature film Kinepna Pahcha.
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Irom Maipak won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography in the non-feature section for the 2001 film The Monpas of Arunachal Pradesh at the 49th National Film Awards held in 2002.
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Irom Maipak was the recipient of the NETV People's Choice Award 2005, Guwahati for the Best Cinematography.
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Irom Maipak bagged the Best Cinematography Award in the 8th Sahitya Seva Samiti MANIFA 2019 for Meitan Araba.
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Irom Maipak bagged the Best Cinematography Award at the 13th Manipur State Film Awards 2020 for the movie Nongphadok Lakpa Atithi.